Shinsui Ito1898~1972 伊東深水

Born in 1898 in Fukagawa, Tokyo, and died in 1972. He became a pupil of Kaburaki Kiyokata in 1911 and received the art name “Shinsui” after the waters of Fukagawa. He inherited the orthodox tradition of Utagawa-school ukiyo-e and became widely celebrated for his bijin-ga painted in the soft, distinctive style of Japanese painting. He was also a pioneer of the shin-hanga (new prints) movement, with representative works including “Before the Mirror” and “Snowstorm.” He received the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1948 and was elected a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1958.